Not my OC but what I've believed for years: there's no conflict between reducing your own environmental impact and holding corporations responsible. We hold corps responsible for the environment by creating a societal ethos of environmental responsibility that forces corporations to serve the people's needs or go bankrupt or be outlawed. And anyone who feels that kind of ethos will reduce their own environmental impact because it's the right thing to do.
Thoughts?
Aggregate personal decisions make up demand. Corporations produce goods to meet those demands. While we have to hold corporations responsible, since they're absolutely the lions share of the problem, we also have to do what we're capable of on our end by being responsible consumers.
The term carbon footprint was invented by British Petroleum to fracture and confuse people who desired a more beautiful and sustainable world.
It sure is working. You're here advocating against me suggesting people put their money where their mouth is. You're doing exactly what those corporations hope for by arguing against people who impact their bottom line.
You should be a responsible consumer to the degree you can
This is exactly what I'm what I'm suggesting as well.
You should not be shaming and gatekeeping people who fail to behave their best by holding them to incredibly unfair standards like "if you can’t act with any level of personal responsibility, how can you be a good advocate for corporate responsibility".
What a strange interpretation of my comment. You're also advocating for a level of personal responsibility in your own comment.